23/06/13
Ok so it wasn't 500 miles but I did feel like the Proclaimers today. I had to totally repack my bag to fit my shoes in and that alone with getting ready took over an hour. The process of breakfast, including the journeying, took another hour so by the time I got back I was ready to leave. I walked 15 minutes to the bus station where I only had to wait for a few minutes for the bus to Danang to turn up. The bus itself was painfully slow, after 10 minutes we had gone less that 1km and the bus station was still in sight. From where I was dropped off it was just a short walk to the train station. The girl behind the counter delivered the bad news that there were no more spaces on any trains heading to Hanoi today. I booked a ticket for the next day at 15.00 and began the hotel hunt. It wasn't easy, after 3km in the midday heat my search was prooving fruitless. A motorbike rider offered to take me 6km up the road to a $5 a night hotel, I soon realised that he was just agreeing to everything I said so I walked on, and not long after I found a place to stay, $12.50, not cheap by SE Asia standards but it was a room none the less. I changed and then went on a search for the beach. The road I stayed on was off my map so I walked 3.5km before changing direction. 2km down a perpendicular road I reach a long sandy stretch of coastline, the only other people on it I could see were 3 young, local lads. After I short swim I retraced my steps. Back in my room I had a shower (very much needed by this point) and then read until I got hungry. I just got some street food and starting wandering the roads. I walked the streets for 2 hours, just soaking up the city's energy and just enjoying the place, no time restraints, no agenda, no worries.
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| Fishing boats by the water |
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| Full moon across the river |
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